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f envelope devoted to the exploits of her father as chronicled in the press from it emerged a general concop- 1 tion of barbara as a member of the younger countryelub set more ad dicted to athletics than to formal so cial functions barbara with a silver j cup or two barbara as runnerup in the interclub tennis tournament bar bara arrested for speeding and naively qgadventores of cumitlas largest selling tea will not cost the consumer more despite the ivew taxation do mot pay more than the price shown on the package we pay the duty and tax to grocers yon will find no sales tax or duty item added to ota nvoices we will pay these ourselves in order that you may serve the public without extra charge and keep the same profit as before wfcat came before after many silvin- tun i ilyine over china captain jimmy t 11 c ailj bis friend jed mne betk to recover telling the judge as she paid her fire icl captain jimmy was that shed like to leave something forced to land in enemy territory they extrl for the eon ho n such l pa a i ram tle army camp to ccru lor me ctp ne was sucn a slcur f a gasoline pleasant cop and absolutely in the right- a good little- freak- story viultr be cover of darkness i that had been barbaras name i made m namly toward the big underlined in red pencil in the society eut if our p w chatter of suzanne what did this voud s0 hav0 eoa anj engaging youngster have to do with for iac- f sheila oshay who must have crossed i 1 the forty line though dates were old and new ideas in chinese stores while i bi the story of a missing actress and the tax ing of wits to explain her fate by nancy bahr mavity coupe had alighted and clicked the door shut behind her he was standing on the sidewalk beside her hat in hand synopsis oshay formerly chapter v peter surveyed the girl with one rapid glance and took a chance im a poor man your honor he be of the big house the girl took one step backward v u b i thought of a chipmunk which he had 5 caught when he was a boy it had lain quite still in his imprisoning ring- very bard to find in all the stories about her who boasted in paris that two men had fought a due over her and another had committed filicide in despair of winning her favor all on the same day and yet there was that bit about ellsworth it might mean nothing of course ellsworth wrapped in the glamor of his fabulous wealth was always copy there was ellsworths sudden unheralded marriage to sheila oshay a little less than a year ago and the equally sudden omission of his name from the lists of parties where barbara was to be found sheila of course in her own sphere was glam orous enough for anybody in these days only the most faded of dowagers would decline to meet the latest suc cessor of helen of troy had ells worth purposely kept himself and his wife out of barbaras way all this was the vaguest speculation but bar baras quick and unnecessary dis avowal had given his a lead of course you couldnt possibly know anything about the ellsworth case he agreed nevertheless its because of that case that ive looked you up theres a point on which i think you might help me if i may- talk to you for just a few minutes and why should i barbara said coldly her face had shut down as if a blind had been drawn across a win dow barbara who on ordinary on-a- sions could easily have passed for sixteen suddenly looked all of her twentythree years her lips tighten ed losing their childish curve her eyes flitted from side to side froi the coupe at the curb to the doorway peter suddenly oftly crept along taking advantage of every shadow jed stone was busy at what he figured was the proper place to carry out his part of the plan he dis mounted t h r e w tlio bridle reins over the horses head and probably hoped the animal would bo there when he got back together scottie and he crawled close to where a lone soldier was walking his post jed stone and scottie edged up bit by bit until they wero right in back of a hummock and not over fifty feet from him he was a nerv ous sort of soldier every now and then hed turn quickly and peer out into the darkness then hed step along quickly as though he wanted to get away from thero in a hurry many a good chines- soldier is afraid of dragons in the dark this china boy must have been sure there was a big bad dragon on his trail for he was surely nervous at the end of his post he turned and started back scottie stood tens ed scarcely breathing ho sensed the excitement and ho strained against his collar which lieutenant stone held tightly gripped the sentry was just in front of them when jed stone let go of scot- ties collar go get him he whispered and scottie was off like a rifle bullet at the first jump that sentry stopped dead in his tracks the hair standing up on his head tracks somewhere- out la front in the darkness there was a sound of seur- rying something was about to pounce on him to grab him but that soldier couldnt move neither could he utter a sound ill bet that you yourself hao before now had just such a frightful nightmare j krom out of the unknown inky blackness it came not till scottie sank his teeth into his leg did that i soldier cry out ho couldnt his arriviu voea cords were paralysed but then he yelled sudden murder pulled the trigger of his gun and was j bowled over all in tho same instant sentries from all over camn were j running filing as they came be tween shots i gave a shrill whistle and scottie canto up zigzagging his way pell mcll for sunday across the camp spreading destruction at every leap excitement was working fever heat when out rode an under officer oil horseback he had jumped on a horse and with only halter to gun him had rid den out into the melee with goodness what idea in his head though small shop system still persists modern trends enroach on old customs shanghai chinas great merchant classes in her interior cities accus- i tomed for centuries to consider only tho costs of primitive transportation and the exactions of official classes aro now feeling the impact of modern- i it y with the result that trade customs are changing as rapidly as are the appearances of the shops and th classes of goods carried most modern and startling of all new things however is chinas new tarilf law which has increased import duties to such a high level that the price of nearly everything is soaring to new heights coupled with the fall in the- price of silver it has forced all mer chants to mark up their prices from week to week often from day to day because of continued civil war ban ditry high taxation and the com munist domination over vast areas in tho interior provinces there has been little if any increase in wages or sal aries in china within tho last two years the result has been that as prices have gone higher and even high er tho scale of living of all except a handful of chinese has had to go lower and lower in the larger coastal cities or in the interior places which have long been open to trade and residence for for eigners chinese methods of doing business have already undergone eon- an enthusiastic soldier fired and siderablo modification in shanghai with better luck than usual shot i canton lientsinfi hankow and muk- away the olficers hat pandemonium j den are to bo found today many tall broke loose then while it was get- buildings housing foreignstylo depart- ting too hot around that corner for ment stores which aro owned and suc- lieutenant stone he slipped off into cessfully operated by chinese the darkness to find his horse but even in the larger cities and the horse had deserted at the first certainly in the interior the small shot however so he walked on j shop system still prevails the small carefully avoiding soldiers back to shopkeeper deals in one or two qom- our plane modifies or specialties and runs tho to be continued i shop himself with the assistance of note any of our young readers j an apprentice or two the shop own- writing to captain jimmy 2010 star bdg toronto will receive his signed photo free come back without the storv that the sheila oshay formerly a ropulr chanc are h get thcre actress and now tho wife of he young w millionaire don ellsworth disappears i nevertheless peter was cheerful leaving no trace behind her don visits i hoooooo huhuhuhoo the dr cavanaugh the lamous criminologist and confesses that bis married life lias wailing notes were cut short by hs been very unhappy dr cavanaugh effort to dodge a wadded piece of copy asrees to investigate the case peter j v fvr him hv the wnror riper enthusiastic young reporter of j paper nuricu aier mm ny tne water- tho herald is ordered to cover tho case front man he ducked with exagger ated alacrity and made a hasty exit j chapter iv contd peter piper had emerged from the and stopped the backward step wa the firs reaction of one startled by an unexpected voice at her elbow but barbara cavanaugh was a girl who usually stopped to look things over lefore running away from them she saw before her a tall young man in a baggy blue suit his thick black hair sprang up recakitrantly she h tennjs et rouri from a centre part his long face was roumi her fc th ghe slit by a wide intelligent mouth which fv i i turned without another word and divided a determined outhrusting i opened the door of the coupe slipping ers its eyes darting from side to sil like hers i think you should talk to me he 1 said because the ellsworth affair may turn out to be a very serious i case l3onfotc choeoiais malted milk the healthgiving delicious drink for children and grown ups pound and half pound tins at your grocers into the library say ben dig up what weve got locker room with a soft gray hat its j on this bird he thrust the clipping chin from bright and peering gray eyes barbara hesitated for a moment then grinned back oure a very poor speaker she jocker room wiui i suic kj ii its un una inu ne uuasc me iiiutiijig m t crown shapelesr and its brim a series which he had brought from the local h and while you re undoubted- of irregular ripples from exposure room into the hand of the library at- j l f f h regular ripples from exposure to many rains on his head whistling under his breath what tune there was to this musical performance con sisted of two phrases endlessly re- j iterated in a lugubrious monotonous j library tendant the society department must have run a picture at some time or other if not of what earthly use are they i ask it a few minutes later he had re- mad hatter with that hat i knew it peter crowed you look so exactly like alice in wonder land grown up that i had to risk it i really am in a hell of a hole but if youd said sir or who are you i into the drivers seat and holding door open for him to enter to be continued the to grin then absentmindedly resumed greeting peter called is car bossy his wailing cadence at the precise note because he explained it had a crump- 1 where he had left off he tossed all led horn like the cow in the house tho clippings but one into a drawer that jack built it also had four which already contained carbon paper crumpled fenders whose waves and minor calculated to make the human crossed the local room still whistling listener long to lift his nose and howl and slammed the door behind him he spp x 3 have had t0 st put it out growled the water- angled his battered car out of the her- j front man whose desk ajoined peters aids parking lot and favored the for that peter stopped whistling long enough watchman with a hoarse honk ot had dllgently studied photographs of w- wstwi pf ni ic n- barbara cavanaugh in the herald s morgue and had already decided that she looked like alice in wonderland grown up the clipping at present crumpled in his coat pocket had led cigarettes a torn bag of peppermints dents were only to be matched by the him f rt from the city editors an assortment of very soft black waves and dents in peters hat it the arar y s photograph fies copy pencils and an upset box of was painted bright green and there h x t- u e thc paperclips the remaining clipping were two bullet holes in the side cur- 1 nery behind an inspraton he thrust into his coat pocket which tains relics of peters rather too already bulged with several sheets of prompt arrival on the scene of a shoot- folded copy paper ing fray between the police and a youll emit that series of sounds fugitive holdup man peter would not once too often some day the water- have exchanged it in even trade for a front man said and therell be an- next years model rollsroyce other ax murder crazed reporter twenty minutes later he parked slays mate whats the good cheer hastily with a shriek of brakes oppo site the house of dr cavanaugh the haste was due to the fact that a small sport coupe very shiny as to nickel trimmings was at the moment draw ing up at the cavanaugh entrance peters long legs swung over the door whose catch had a habit of sticking and by the time the girl in the sport what new york is wearing by annabelle worthington illustrated pravmaking lesson fur nished wih every pattern oh one of jimmys wild goose chases nothing to it its hound to he n flflop if jimmy got the idea that there was a cheesemongers con vention being held in the moon hed send some poor davil of n reporter out to cover it and by heck hed get so firmly fixed in the idea that he mustnt so economical kraft salad dressing offers everything anyone could ask for in exquisite refresh ing flavor yet its sold at a price so low its within the reach of everyone a large 12 ounce jar costs only 25 cents one- hall the cost youre used to paying gee some today try it and youll instantly know why its the favorite everywhere in canada barbara did indeed bear a resem blance to tenniels immortal child she was very straight and slender and so short that her face was habi tually lifted a little her straight hair yellow verging to soft brown was combed smoothly back from her forehead and lifted behind cars that had nothing to fear from exposure she achieved the difficult feat of ap pearing quaint even with a shingled coiffure and attired as now in a white tennis dress rumpled from active play and a sweater of vivid rose perhaps the effect was unconsciously favored by the shy and dazzled look in her wideset brown eyes tradewind breath of the seas of the fourway seas balm of the tropic isles wafture of ease of the monthlong ease boll of the magic miles i the tradewind blows from the end of days soft and silken and rare curling the crests of the bluewhite sprays playing my sleeves and hair blow ye tradewinds blow the ship is swinging low blow ye tradewinds blow around the world we go dreams of the mains of the bluethin mains sighted from tarpatched sails call of the lanes of the long salt ianes flavor of old seatales down the tropic and far on the line safe past the doldrum calms the trades bring word ot the rover brine and reefs thinringed with palms something wrong the shabby visitor placed his hat upon a chair and drawing a booklet from his pocket approached the busi ness man i can tell you he said how to become a great success how to win independence for life three seconds gone from the min ute im giving you said the business man ers are organized into guilds the tea guild the silk guild tho pish guild 1 and the workers have corresponding unions the art of the silversmith is an an cient one in china and the silver shops are filled with many objects of beauty and utility distinctive of the country but chinese silver is too pure and consequently too soft to be put to many uses for which it is most employed abroad chinese forks and spoons for instance betid too easily to be generally used tho tea stores are always small specialty shops the various grades of tea are ranged in huge airtight cans and prices run from less than 1 a pound chinese money to 50 a pound and even more besides tho teas black and green the tea mer chants have in stock canisters of dried jasmine blossoms of red and yellow rose leaves of lemon tree blossoms and of dried pink geranium flowers these are added to the tea in quanti- ties to suit the taste of individual cus- i have here the visitor went on an infallible memory system mas- j tomers ter it and you will master the world i the chinese are inveterate smokers you will not forget to post the letter of tobacco shops sell snuff cigar- your wife gave you this morning and t ettes cigars linecut tobacco for pipes you can do without that worsted on with diminutive metal bowls and long- your finger cut to smoke in the old style water my trouble said the business man j pipes which are still widely used in is that i cant find a reliable system i tho interior provinces for forgetting things i want to your i honey is a highly esteemed delicacy minutes up in china and is used for medicinal sadly the visitor departed but two i purposes as well as for preserving minutes later he returned io the office various fruits the chinese use honey breathless and excited i forgot my hat he said blow ye tradewind blow with music soft and low blow ye tradewind blow over the earth we go athwart the lines the worldwinds roam tho freighted ships are sailing home l ii bailey in wind and weath er opportunity i french model and beiievj in love it i to be certain its fashioned of barbara hail i lovci white satin so thoroughly mod- lived tn anorphanasylum until herl isn selffabric binding fourteenth year and she had never i its ver elm to make ll thc recovered from thc wonder of life i tm kimono cap sleeves give it so which had begun as an inexorable mechanism and had miraculously taken on the aspects of a fairy tale she stood tapping the tip of her tennis racquet up and down on the sidewalk but you couldnt have been after seeing me when agitated or puz zled barabras voice a low and somewhat breathy voice like the be ginnings of wind in leave relapsed into the diction of her orphan asylum days i just was though peter assert- much distinction then too it has the new peplum hipline belted waistline and exceedingly flattering neckline stylo no 3103 is suited to miss or matron it is designed for sizes id 18 years 36 38 40 and 12 inches bust the saving in cost over the original model is enormous it is a blouse that will go beautifully with any color scheme it may also be worn with a separate skirt printed crepe silk printed batiste cotton lace tucked net linen dimity shantung and wool jersey make up kraft salad dressing made in canada by the makers of kraft cheese aodvclvccta silkworm imported for california tests lindsay calif mattea bruno a fruit grower has started what he hopes will become tho silk industry of california bruno sent to italy and obtained eggs of the silkworm which ho fed and since has attended diligently a native of a part of italy where silk worms have been grown for centuries bruno is familiar with the work and has been successful with his first small crop of cocoons ho says weather in the san joaquin valley is very similar to that of his native country where tho silkworms ed im a newspaper reporter and i smartly in this youthful type i im out on thc ellsworth case f sze requires 2 yards 35inch or j i know nothing about it barbara a 30mch with k yards bind- whlch rccelvc3 8uc said sharply i lnb cc33 as a tr no as a reward and i peters eyebrows lifted slightly j how to order patterns bpars a3 a possession to be dlvid- shed been rather too quick about that write your name and address plain- c rat than hoarocd outlook he swiftly reviewed in his mind tho ly giving number nnd size of suvh information contained in those clip- patterns as you want enclose 20c in j pings pasted to colored slips of paper stamps or coin coin preferred wrap i so edith has caught that young with the typed heading cavanaugh it carefully for each number and feo who rescued her while skai- barbara it was a slim little file as address your order to wilson pattern ing- h seemed awfully shy compared with thc balging nianila service 73 west adelaide st toronto yes she had to break thc ice tliere are no men or women who owe more to themselves and their fellows than those to whom opporj are cultivated and points out that mul- tunitles are constantly coming be- j berry trees thc leaves of which form fore whom doors are constantly tho food for the silk worm are easily opened such a lot is the highest i grown here of all good fortunes since it means not only success but growth not only talent but tho possibilities of char acter every now opportunity should send a man to his knees instead of lifting him up in his own mind should give him additional poise and balance instead of excess of vanity nothing is more painful than the spectacle of one whom a little suc cess makes selfconscious and inflat ed tho larger tho success which comes to such a man the plainer be comes his essential weakness on the other hand thcre is nothing which comforts those who aro striv ing with adverse conditions so en tirely as tho untainted and tho un why suffer when relief is prompt and harmless millions of people have learned to depend on aspirin tablets to relievo a sudden headache they know it eases the pain so quickly and that it is so harmless genuine aspirin tablets never harm the heart read directions in pack age for headache neuralgia summer colds pain of oil kinds asm hi iv trademark rco mado in canada for putting up fruits as western housewives use sugar syrup and every honey shop displays huge ming blue bowls filled with what they call pick led pears apricots crab apples oranges and ginger the honey is also sold separately in jars for table use and in some shops sea bass and other salt water fish is found preserved in jars of golden honey in spite of the rather rapid spread of western ideas of medicine all chinese cities have scores of oldstyle medicine shops as well as the shops of tho oldtime herbalists the herba lists scorn drugs obtained from ani mals or fish and confine their prescrip tions io leaves flowers and roots they hold that it was the god of agriculture who first transmitted to mail a know ledge of how to euro disease the chests and bamboo canisters contain ing their drugs are engraved with poetic names for their different con coctions ginseng for instance is usually labeled saint detached krom sordid life bookstores today tell the most sur prising tale of tho trend of the times kully half of the works sold in tho larger cities arc translations from tho russian and most of those are hooks written by communists sinco 1013 karl marx is a great favorite as is henry george and any books about lenin and trotsky can be certain of wide sales foreign fiction is only measurably popular hallett abend in thc ny times magazine 3sue no 25 31 range of sugar maple the natural range of tho sugar maple in canada extends from the maritime provinces to the lake of the woods in ontario in the forest it may reach a height f over 100 feet but ordinarily does not average more han 75 to 80 feet in height and 2 lo 3 feet in diameter it occurs either in pure sinds or is found associated with other hardwoods